Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-07-02
WAR HEROiNES
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Treasury clerks.
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a,..r.~ saws. There are now engaged IA ;hr
ai-isirg %. icau. .u,; ruy.eusr of %" treasury
dela..lnsu. tvr hat elnp,UgJs Who have ne
cUInr widely known toT :A"rc I'='"ricA a-..2-.-
eDce In var times
Miss Harriet P UsiEe, tue srwysy nurse
gbO NOn uRt.Oa4, fame ~ h5T four years and
eia ~ months OF yerl0us service TIS- ~ ~
New Hampshire iUr 60 uc rrOeIiiGs. deserve
iirs; mcat.ou. Her career has been repea.ea!'
published 10 par, nut ~ writer sho attempt
70 chronicle All her thrilling irving expert
eucss under iead.Y IRE 90 ne teii Oi Jat.45r
exposed 20 the cOutsnd,ng elements Of heaven.
Or over .aa ..r.uded, sick, NJ iyi1C soldiers IN
the hosp., ais, need ever hop> 70 y sGcc .ss,gL
As matte, o, fact, and not merely ,el 'aeat,
hrr history Is written IN scars held cnler
her ma.stering lauds. in hearts 30 ~Eom she
by her presence and deeds brought hone and
comfort amid me suTgriu"s 5f %sr, anu In
the memories Of stricken, suffering OHea, oosG
blue aod ~, Tor SuOUn she cared
She Ers ouc- taken prisoner 81 the 5veoDd
battle OF Bull RUM sud detained week guJut
stoaewau Jacbs0H's head u4rter- n -sI-
specially provided for her occupGusy, rUt
whel the general found y Investigating nat
abs was nor spy. 5 suspected, n- bad her
released ami permitted aer to 20 uudstuTbed.
She MAS sen; 1u nigh. limp pOr,aut and resDIn-
sibls Missions a: ygrcus times bg the gov
ernor OF New Hampshire and oy othe. a!iicisis
-nd organizations. each time returning w..h
81, a .ral md
os,eu go.u- efficient work Ia securing needed
REFORMS IL TIE hospital and rams pOri-;lon ar
fragments.
Fg- number OF wears since the war her
soldier friends had been urging her At differ
cGt times 20 secure pension for ne services
! bur ahe modes,lY maintained that she waited
! the soldiers peusioned first, and Tia; she could
I .AAc care Of herselt
! This remarkable woman had served these
! four years and eight months amid all the
! carnage anu suffering of war for tae p!t',nce
/ OF 81 month allowed army nurses. by g
/ su.c.Al 1et Il congress, secured ny her friends
! sEc vas gwen a pension OF So a month, oe-
! ginning on July 3, 1884 She allowed The
! pepsiou 20 ran Tor a considerable zine. then,
/ ,sAug The amount due her and adding 70
the same from her modest earnings in he
| goYetRmea: service, she built at ae. own a.
! pecSc = house 20 be used the future head
/. quarters 0, The I'd New Hampshire soldier n
| their r.ua,Jns az the Weirs near lake WIN
neDesauAa. This cost her si.D30, and EI-
! GOV. Smith, governor ., New Hampshire a.
/ the close .: the war, furnished the house. Al
! the cOs- 0! the war the legislature OF New
| Hampsnire presented her With some highly
| app-ecigtive resolutions enG-ossed on parch'
m-nL IN recognition OF her services, AMI a!sc
I yIrseuted her : sum Of mouer.
chc IS now - 7esrs old and IS we'll pEeserv-
ed woman for her age. She wears d pisr
black dress las well-fOrmed, expressive
features. dark eyes, and hair only partially
turned gray. Her nose and forehead arr
sharply ami yet becomingly outlined sh.
10 engaged a. 4 money counter at saC'
per fear.
NJ. Margaret Coleman, IN the same iivi
sion, was the h0usekeeper for the Seward fam
ily ia Washington at tue time Of he assassi
nation OF Lincoln and the attempt on Secreta
~ Seward's life. The screams OF Miss Fam!
Seward, waO was In the room with aer .UyaliC
father when be was murderously attacked bl
Payne, brought Miss Coleman TO tie rescue
aud when PayEe heard her coming he left Mr.
Seward. who, in the struggle, had fallen JUt o
bed, and he was found by Miss Coleman DC
tween the pei and the wall, with 6is head stii
under the clothes, and smothering to his owl
blood Payne had lost his hat, and paused
moment 20 look in vain for what was after
ward to be a silent but uuimpeacha5ie Sltnes
against him. He then rushed for the door
aud, meeting Miss Coleman. threw hiinsei
against her. hGriing her against the door as I
stood open and dlslOcatiug her shoulder-bladc
Further on he passed Mas Fannie u 40
haste and made bis escape.
Miss Coleman was with the Seward famfl
eight wears, and witnessed the rapid declin
OF both Mrs. Seward and Miss Fannie, wh
never revived from the shock OF that terribl
night OF the l4th of April, 1865. Mrs. Sewar,
died In June, sud Miss Fannie N the fall fol
lowing the awful scenes Of attempted assass
nation in their home Miss Coleman tells tn
s,ory as v.v .ily rs though it had been witness
ed scarcely an hour ago. She Is now 81 year
OF age, and serves as Q messenge- a. 500
year. She has been in the division tTelv
years
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